In the year 2000, the government admitted to having killed 380 people, though independent estimates put the toll at over 2,000.

There have been about 2800 reported cases since 1984, but independent estimates put the number of cases closer to 12000.

Earmarks total about $18 billion a year, according to independent estimates.

First Boston based this assumption on independent estimates of energy resources in the area.

The official Government figure is about 300 deaths, while some independent estimates run in the thousands.

That's a partisan number and is much higher than independent estimates.

But independent estimates exceed 220,000 - and the number is rising by about 10,000 per month.

Every independent estimate shows that the costs of this provision are minimal.

But most independent estimates put the cost of drug coverage at about $40 a month for every Medicare participant.

However, according to an independent estimate 166 hostages were killed and 541 injured in the special forces attack on the hospital.